This collection item does not have a name in the language of origin. If you know the name or have comments, use this form to contact the data-providing institution.

Toad/Frog

Form: zoomorphic, frog/toad, stirrup spout on the back Colour/technique: red body, white engobed and polished, painted red-brown Stirrups: red-brown engobed, polished VS: closed mouth, outlined in red, eyes and nose strongly emphasised, eyes outlined in red, neck area bulging as a skin sac RS: stirrups on the back, body with various red-brown dots and stripes (Beatrix Hoffmann, 2008)

This content was machine-translated
Data Provider
Ethnologisches Museum Show original at data provider

Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Moche
Object type
Figure vessel with stirrup spout
Dimensions
Height: 19,5 cm
Depth: 19,5 cm
Width: 15,6 cm
Weight: 0,815 kg
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
V A 49773

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    Moche 0 - 600
    where
    Peru
    Pachacámac
    who
    Julius van der Zypen
    Moche
  • Collecting
    who
    Wilhelm Gretzer (1847 - 1926) - Collectors
  • Change of legal title:
    Acquisition
    Description
    Donation 1907
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    American Archaeology

Information about the record

Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
This content was machine-translated
Version: 2.5 / 7.5